Meter.



R. L. DBZENDORF.

METER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE29,1910.

LOSLQG. Patented July 9,1912.

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RICHARD L. DEZENDOR'J, RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

METER.

'exact description.'

My invention relates to improvementsin lneters, and has'for its object to provide a meter with an angularly adjustable tangent post.

Heretofore tangent arms have been soldered to the crank shafts of the meters, and in adjusting meters so that they will register in accordance withA a standard instrument it has often been necessary to move the tangent post angularly relatively te the crank shaft. In order to do this it has been necessary teunsolder the tangent arm from the .crank shaft, move it angularly and then permit the solder to harden with the tangent arm in the new position. In seine instances do this several times in order to secure the correct adjustment. This requires time and a high degree of skill and liable to heat the icrank shaft so. as to injure its packingor stuting.

The object of my invention is to do away with the soldering and provide a simple and accurate means for making the angular adjustment. The following is a bodiment of my invention, had to the accompanying description of an emreference being drawings, in

' which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of a nieter embodying my invention, the top of the meter being removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the tangent and connecting parts in side elevation. Fig. 3 is la plan view of the same with certain parts omitted. F ig. 11 is a partial section through the line Fig. 3. Referring more particularly te the drawings, 1 is`the gallery of a meter, having the 2---2 and flag arms 3 and 3-4. 5 is the crankshaft operating valves in the usual manner within the cham ber 6. 7 is the worm carried by the crank shaft, with which a gear 8 engages, which in turn'through the rod 9 actuates thev registering train 10. All of these parts are of the usual consti-notion in dry gas meters.

ATo the upper end of the crank shaft I rigidly secure a projection 1l. This pro-A jection, as here shown, has two ears 12 hav- Specification of Letters Patent.

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`said tangent angularly relatively to and holding the same Patented July 9, 1912.

Application sied June 29, i910. serial No. 569,445.

ing screw-threaded perforations through which 'pass screws 13. Concentric .with the shaft and preferably on a I the projection 11 sion 16, post carrier17, tangent post 18 and adjusting nuts 19.A afford a means for post longitudinally of the arm 15 -in the ordinary manner. The arm 15 is free to more about the axis of the crank shaft 5 and relatively to the projection 11. The eXtension 16 lies between the ends of the two screws 13. By unscrewing one screw and screwing the other screw inwardly, the tangent can be turned through a very considerable angle relatively to thecrank shaft and securely held in any position in which it movement longitudinally of the crank shaft bythe nut Q0, which is preferably screwthreaded upon the boss 14 of the projection 11,` In the operation of the device, when it is desired to adjust the tangent post angularly relatively to the crank shaft, one of the'screws 13 is loosened and the other screw is tightened so the proper distance in the proper direction and hold it rigidly in its 'adjusted position'.

The invention permits of various other modifications, whereby the tangent post can be angularly adjusted without: resorting to nnsoldering. c

What I claim is:

1. In a gas meter, the combination of a crank shaft for operating the meter valves, iag wires'and liag arms for operating said crank "haft,a projection on said crank shaft rigidly secured thereto, a tangent mounted adjacent to said projection and movable about the axisiof saidshaft, and tangent moving und holding nieans'coacti'n with sjiid tangent/tand projection for adjusting sai shaft and projection in adjusted position so tions of the flag arms to the crank shaft.' f

2. In a gas meter, the combination of a crank shaft for 'operating the meter valves, flag wires and Hag arms crankshaft., a projection rigidly. secured t0 said shaft, a tangent havnv-anarin and an extension and movable reatively to said as to vary the relashatt, and adjusting means enacting with boss 14 secured to t is mounted 'a tangent con- "sisting of the tangent arm -15, rear exten? The adjusting nuts 19' adjusting the tangent The tangent is held against.

as-to inov'e theextension 16' for operating said 15. 'of said iag arms to said shaft, said tangent said crank shaftand holding the same in .adjusted position so as to vary the relations of said flag arms to said shaft, said tangent vhaving a tangent post on said arm.

3. In a gas meter, the combination of a 'crank .shaft for operating the meter valves,

Hag Wires and iiag armsfor o erating said said lextension and said projection or adjusting said tangent angularly relatively to vsaid crank shaft and holding the same in adjusted position so as to vary the relations having-a tangent post on said arm', said arm "and extension being on'opposite'sides of the I, -y ,l axis of' said shaft.

4; In a meter, the combination of av crank shaft,a projection rigidly"4 secured thereto,

` a tangent having an arm and an' extension and movable relatively to said shaft, and

adjusting means coacting with saidextension and 'saidA projection for adjustingsaid tangent angularly relatively to said crank shaft and holding the same in adjusted position, said tangent havinga tangent post on movablerelatively to said shaft, and adjust-A ing means coacting with said extension and .said projection for adjusting said tangentA angularly relatively to said crank shaft and holding lthe same in adjusted position, said tangent having a tangent post on said arm, said arm and extension being on ,opposite sides of the axis of-said shaf RICHARD L. DEZENDORF.

Witnesses:

'IDA M. HUNZIKER,

CHAs. A. PEARDY. 

